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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Elegy
Falsetto
Chorus
Clavier
2. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Ornaments
Tessitura
Castrato
Stretto
3. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Canon
Classical
Recitative
4. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Fourth
Overture
Etude
Tone
5. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Rubato
Coda
Quartet
Glee
6. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Drone
Interlude
Prelude
Hymn
7. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Scale
Partial
EnharmonicInterval
Intermezzo
8. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Tuning
Presto
Part
Accessible
9. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Scherzo
Partial
Triple time
Symphony
10. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Tablature
Staff
Cavatina
Introduction
11. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Suite
Triple time
Triplet
12. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Gavotte
Flat
Pentatonic Scale
13. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Monotone
Ornaments
Clef
Finale
14. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Rococo
Leitmotif
String Quartet
Timbre
15. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Cavatina
Libretto
Serenade
Minuet
16. A direction to play lively and fast.
Tonic
Chant
Allegro
Treble
17. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Chord
Measure
Intermezzo
Polyphony
18. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Rhythm
Vivace
Unison
Rondo
19. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Key
Slide
Staff
Falsetto
20. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Glissando
Leading note
Unison
Scordatura
21. A direction to play expressively.
Espressivo
Minuet
Accessible
Quintet
22. A reprise.
Fourth
Dissonance
Grandioso
Recapitulation
23. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Intermezzo
Cadenza
Portamento
Slur
24. Indicating speed.
Tempo
Voice
Medley
Capriccio
25. A string of chords played in succession.
Chord progression
Tonal
String Quartet
Overture
26. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Grave
Gavotte
Concert master
Canon
27. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Relative pitch
Partita
Tonic
Timbre
28. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Ornaments
Tuning
Baroque
Neoclassical
29. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Sonatina
Reprise
Minuet
Maestro
30. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Resonance
Prelude
Overture
Pizzicato
31. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Sonata form
Impromptu
Triple time
Slur
32. A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
Pastoral
Carol
Tone less
Cantata
33. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Falsetto
Staccato
Tonal
Energico
34. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Suite
Harmony
Clef
Septet
35. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Waltz
Key
Falsetto
Trill
36. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Chamber music
Rubato
Capriccio
37. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Major
Atonal
Cadence
Intonation
38. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Virtuoso
Prelude
Polyphony
Tutti
39. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Requiem
Adagio
Staff
Galliard
40. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Scordatura
A cappella
Major
Castrato
41. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Tempo
Tritone
Orchestration
Glissando
42. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Polytonality
Grazioso
Staff
Medley
43. Closing section of a movement.
Tempo
String Quartet
Coda
Partita
44. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Fermata
Relative major and minor
Recapitulation
Rigaudon
45. Unmusical - without tone.
Waltz
Tone less
Musette
Etude
46. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Pitch
Minuet
Espressivo
Part
47. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Recitative
Exposition
Impromptu
Tonic
48. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Concert master
Pizzicato
Conductor
Rubato
49. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Gavotte
Fifth
Relative pitch
Whole-tone scale
50. Unmusical - without tone.
Major
Prelude
Tone less
Energico